Cascading impacts and escalations in wide-area power failures: A summary for emergency planners

This report aims to provide a synthetic overview of the cascading effects caused by wide-area power failures, and to define the recurrent impacts and sources of escalation. It provides a reference for the training and the situational awareness of decision makers and emergency operators.

The following topics have been developed:

A definition of cascading effects.

An introduction for of wide area power failures (PF) policies and practices.

Illustrative examples.

A table listing cascading effects and escalations caused by wide area PF.

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